I never thought so.

I don't think it sounds girly either.

I don't think it sounds girly at all, Elanhil. Even if you did accuse me of thinking you were a girl once. (I didn't, honest!)

Did I really do that? XD I think I will change the character's name, though...

It's not girly!

I think it sounds nothing like a girl's name. I've always pronounced it EL-AN-HILL

This was a very smart idea, Elanor.

I don't think anyone has trouble pronouncing mine, but Airianna is Air-e-onnah, and Valenshia is Vah-len-shee-ah.

Actually, me being Aussie, I pronounce your name different to everyone else, Airi. I pronounce it:

ARY (A as in Apple) - ARNA - VALLEN - SHIA

*chuckles * I'm perfectly okay with accent differences.

I was kidding, I posted it correctly earlier.

I know.

@Caleb- I say either Ela[h]n-hill or E-lawn-hill. A very slight difference.

@Airi- I say Airy-AHNA Va-len-SHEE-a.

Kail-sin.
A vegetable and sin. What I call a combo meal.

My username's pretty easy to pronounce:

Dare-re-made

That easy!



I've been pronouncing your name wrong all the time, Villi. I pronounce it:

Vill-eece

Maybe no one has trouble with mine, since I spelled it more or less phonetically: Tsah-raf. Maybe some one would think it is pronounced Tsah-hraf. I usually accent the first syllable, an accidental habit.

I do not think Elanhil is girlie, I thought it was a majestic name when first I saw it.

I pronounced Vilisse Vih-lih-seh, Aeleknight Ay-leh-knight (what does Aeleknight mean?), Zoriah Zor-ee-uh (but I like Zor-ai-uh better), I always pronounced Suiauthon Suee-ow-thon (and I like that name), and I pronounce Sir Emeth Mimetes Cor-rec-tly (how could I not? I spelled Emeth in Hebrew for him).

I like the name Kelcin too.

Mine's pronounced sort of like Celeste. Only with a ria at the end.

Then you pronounce it right.

My username is pronounced Eh-mill-inn. I chose it for the first name in my pen name.

I love your username, Em.

Okay everybody, hold onto your hats, this is a tough one: RunningWolf=Ruh-ning-Woe-lf. There, now you know how to say my name.

*Giggles* That was a tough one. *Reads again just to be sure I am pronouncing it right*

SEF-ron. e as in elephant, o as in otter--at least with my accent. In greek, it would be an omicron, if that helps anyone.

Woot, I've been saying Suiauthon's correctly! Must be that, ever since I learned how terribly I was pronouncing "Sauron", I burned it into my head that au = ow. Sometimes it spills over into places it shouldn't, though. Unless I watch myself, I'll pronounce "braun" identically to "brown".

Hm, I've been messing up Airianna's though. Didn't have the "ah-na" right.

Really? Hmm... I'll have to ponder that.

Mine is odd i suppose... XD I have no idea how you guys pronounce it! XD
Viarri - Vee-ah-ree.
But if you want to say the full name (Viarri is short for Viarrieinmr) Vee-ah-ree-eyn-mer.



@Running wolf- Thank you! I will need to practice that!
@Elanhil- is it Ee-lahn-hill?

I got yours right then.



Aah, I often wondered if I was pronouncing yours right.

I think a hard th is like in thin, but not in that...someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Other way around, Wolfie. 'That' has a hard th, 'thin' has a soft one.

Ah, ok Fearme, trust me to get it backwards...

P.S. I was totally pronouncing your username wrong until I saw your explanation!

Okay so here's mine Dane-k-O sand-eye
Dane as in a great Dane, k as in cat, O as in well I think you get O!
And I think Sand and eye is easy enough.

This thread is really helping.

Ooh, I have been pronouncing your name wrong, Danko.

Mwahaha. I was pronouncing yours right.

You even did better than me.

I'll probably forget most of the ones I've been getting wrong and continue saying them incorrectly...

Leandra's pronounced lee-ANN-druh.

My old username---Aemi---is pronounced just like the name "Amy".

"Shinja" rhymes with "Ninja".

And---from the king himself---"Mimetes" is pronounced "mim-AY-tase".

*Likes the new name*

Like Amy? I was pronouncing it like A- Em-ee. Weird, I know.

Just "Amy". Can you guess why?

My name is pronounced knee-Moe (as in Moe's), (I'm not sure if this is the real pronunciation, but it's how I pronounce it) teh-feel-ahh. And then Mimetes as Aemi already said.

Ooh, that is so pretty.

I agree! I'm loving all these new and different usernames. They have such beautiful meanings as well.

Thanks. I like yours a lot, too, Aemi.

You are quite welcome.

*Chuckles*

I was pronouncing it right then.

Mine is pronounced khah-seed.

Mine: Viv-ach-e Kon-drael

Here's mine (trusting everybody knows how to pronounce lady ):
Aris is pronounced Air-iss. Lillylight sounds how it looks. Lily then light (although lily looks better with two L's).

*Should read the entire thread over sometime* Most likely I'm mispronouncing someone's name.

@Tsahraf:

Is the "ch" in Chahsid pronounced like a hard 'c', like in "candy",
or the german "ch" in "Bach"?

@Vivace:

I'm a little confused about the 'e' in your pronunciation...should it be pronounced "e" like in "elephant", "ay" like in "crayon", or "ee" like in "keel"?
(I've been saying it like "ee", so far)

Like 'ay'.